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malik:16-58 – Mālik > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah from his mother

Malik related to me from AIqama ibn Abi Alqama that his mother said that she had heard A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ rose one night and put on his clothes and then went out. I ordered my slave-girl, Barira, to follow him, and she followed him until he got to al-Baqi. He stood near it as long as Allah willed and then he left. Barira arrived back before him and told me and I did not say anything to him until morning, and then I mentioned it to him and he explained, 'I was sent out to the people of al-Baqi to pray for them.' "  

مالك:١٦-٥٨ – وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ تَتْبَعُهُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ لَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

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nasai:2038 – Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah got up one night and got dressed, then he went out. I told my slave girl Barirah to follow him, so she followed him until he came to Al-Baqi. Then he stood near if for as long as Allah willed that he should stand, then he left. Barirah came back before he did and told me, but I did not mention anything until morning came, then I mentioned that to him. He said: 'I was sent to the people of Al-Baqi' to pray for them."'  

النسائي:٢٠٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ تَتْبَعُهُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ لَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

ahmad:24612 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one night, so I sent Barirah after him to see where he went. She said: He went towards Baqi'al-Gharqad and stood at the lowest part of Baqi'ah, then he raised his hands and departed. Barirah returned to me and informed me. When I woke up in the morning, I asked him: O Messenger of Allah, where did you go last night? He said: I was sent to the people of Baqi' to pray for them.  

أحمد:٢٤٦١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَأَرْسَلْتُ بَرِيرَةَ فِي أَثَرِهِ لِتَنْظُرَ أَيْنَ ذَهَبَ قَالَتْ فَسَلَكَ نَحْوَ بَقِيعِ الْغَرْقَدِ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَى الْبَقِيعِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَفَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيَّ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيْنَ خَرَجْتَ اللَّيْلَةَ؟ قَالَ بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لِأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ  

hakim:1794 – Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣaffār > Ismāʿīl b. Isḥāq al-Qāḍī > Abū Bakr b. Abū Naṣr al-Muzakkī Bimarw > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĪsá > al-ʿAqabī Fīmā Quriʾ > Mālik > Abū Yaḥyá al-Samarqandī > Muḥammad b. Naṣr > Yaḥyá b. Manṣūr > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Salām > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah Samiʿtuhā > Qām

"The Messenger of Allah got up one night and got dressed, then he went out. I told my slave girl Barirah to follow him, so she followed him until he came to Al-Baqi. Then he stood near if for as long as Allah willed that he should stand, then he left. Barirah came back before he did and told me, but I did not mention anything until morning came, then I mentioned that to him. He said: 'I was sent to the people of Al-Baqi' to pray for them."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2038)   

الحاكم:١٧٩٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْقَاضِي وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي نَصْرٍ الْمُزَكِّي بِمَرْوَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى قَالَا ثنا الْعَقَبِيُّ فِيمَا قُرِئَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو يَحْيَى السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ وَأَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ قَالَا ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ سَمِعْتُهَا تَقُولُ «قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ» فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ أَنْ تَتْبَعَهُ فَتَنْظُرَ أَيْنَ يَذْهَبُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى «جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَاجِعًا» فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي قَالَتْ فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ شَيْئًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لِأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ
nasai-kubra:2176 – Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. al-Miskīn > Asmaʿ > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > ʿAlqamah b. Abū ʿAlqamah from his mother > ʿĀʾishah

"The Messenger of Allah got up one night and got dressed, then he went out. I told my slave girl Barirah to follow him, so she followed him until he came to Al-Baqi. Then he stood near if for as long as Allah willed that he should stand, then he left. Barirah came back before he did and told me, but I did not mention anything until morning came, then I mentioned that to him. He said: 'I was sent to the people of Al-Baqi' to pray for them."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2038)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٢١٧٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ المِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ تَقُولُ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرْتُ جَارِيَتِي بَرِيرَةَ تَتْبَعُهُ فَتَبِعَتْهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْبَقِيعَ فَوَقَفَ فِي أَدْنَاهُ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ أَنْ يَقِفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَسَبَقَتْهُ بَرِيرَةُ فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي فَلَمْ أَذْكُرْ لَهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أَصْبَحْتُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «إِنِّي بُعِثْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْبَقِيعِ لِأُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ»